Cultivator



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E. SKELTON.

GULTIVATOR.

No. 334,479. Patented Jan. 19, 1886.

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UNITED STATI-3s' PATENT OFFICE..

HENRY SKELTON, OF CABERY, ILLINOIS.

CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,479, dated January 19, 1885.

y Application tiled November 2, 1885. Serial No. 181,631. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, HENRY SKELTON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Gabery, in the county of Ford and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oultivators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the cultivator as it appears when equipped for riding. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a erosssection of the cultivator immediately in front of the axle, looking toward the axle, and having the traveling wheels removed. Fig. 4 is a view of the rear portion of one of the beams, showing a handle attached thereto, as lused when the cultivator is equipped for a `walking-cultivator. portion of the evener and its supporting stand- Fig. 5 is a side View ofa ard and a cross-section of the tongue anda tongue. Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the beams having a set of shovels and their standards secured thereto. Fig. 7 is a top plan view v of the rear end of the same.

Fig. 8 is a side view of a set of shovels and their standards disconnected from their supporting-beam.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of ashovel. Fig.

10 is a top plan view of the adjustable plates,

-which are secured to the under side of the tongue and to which the shovel-beams are attaehed th rough the medium of angular plates 5 and Fig. 11 is a perspective view of the angular plate for adj ustabl y securing the shovelin the following Vspecification and claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making a part of this specification.

Referring to the drawings, and looking more particularly at Figs. l, 2, and 3, A represents the axle of the cultivator having axle-Shanks A at each end, upon which are ordinary axlespindles upon which are placed the traveling The axle-Shanks A support the axle high enough, so it may be above the working parts and high enough to clear a row of corn.y

T represents the tongue, having the rear end secured to the center of the axle and provided with a pair of braces extending from the outer ends of the axle to about where the evener is attached, which tongue-braces and axle constitute the frameproper. The tongue T is slotted from near its rear end to a point a little in advance of the evener E, as shown in Fig. 2.

To the under side of tongue T is adj ustably secured a circular plate, J, by means of bolts o and c passing up through slot T of the tongue. To the under side of said plate J vis pivotally secured another plate, O, by means of a bolt, c?, passing up through pla-te J and said slot T', which plates and their said manner of attachment are shown in Figs. 2, 5, and 10. The plate J is provided with a pair of opposite concentric slots, at. (See Fig. 10.) The plate O is provided -with a pair of holes immediately under said slots of plate J for Aattachment to said plate of the angular plates F, such as shown in Fig. 1l, which angular plates are provided with the perforations d2 and d5, and slots R and Q. Angular plates F are attached to plate O, one on either side, as shown in Fig. 2, by means of the bolts d d, passing through perforations d5 of plate F and d3 of plate O, which pivotally connect plates F with plate O. Bolts Q pass through the slots Q of plates F, and slots d* of plates O, to adj ustably secure the plates together at that place.

B represents the beams, one of which is shown in detail in Fig. 6, having a slot, c6, through its front end, and a bolt-hole, c4, a short distance back` from the front end, and the said beams are attached at their front end to the vertical sides of angular plates F by means of a bolt, c5, passed through the slot in the front end of the beam and the perforations d2 of said plate, and a bolt, c3, passed through bolt-hole c* of the beams and slot R of said plate, as shown in Fig. 1. These bolts are left loose enough, so the beams may have free movement on said IOO plates, and so the rear end of the beams may be elevated and the beams moved forward, so the bolt c in slot It may be hooked into the notch Rl at the upper end ot' said slot to hold the rear end ofthe beams elevated, so the shovels will not engage the earth, when desired. The elevation ofthe beams is accomplished by means of a pair ot treadles, G, through the medium of chains d', which connect said treadles with said beams. These chains pass over the pulleys M, secured to the front side of the axle, and attach to the treadles by means oi' hooks and to the beams through the medium ofloops e on theinner sides ot' the beams, as shown in Fig. 3. To the rear ends ot' the beams are attached the angular plates I), as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The horixontal parts ol' these plates are provided withv the slots P' at their front ends and a bolt-hole at their rear ends. The rear ends of the beams are also provided with corresponding bolt holes, and the said plates are pivotally secured to the under side of the beams by means of the bolt J, as shown in Fig. 7, and adjustably held thereto by means ot' the bolts J", passing through the beam and the slot F olsaid plate, as shown in said ligure. The vertical portions of said plates are provided with vertical slots f f, through which are passed bolts g, which adjustably secure the shovel-standards to said plate. The shovel-standards are constructed as shown in Fig. G, and consist of bar metal bent to form pairs of vertical standards V, connected by an integral horizontal body part, the body part of the two end standards being longer than that of the two intermediate standards, and said two body parts heilig rigidly secured together and attached to the angular plates I,as described and shown. rlhese standards are arranged in sets of either four, as shown in Fig. t5, or three, as shown in Fig. 8, and have secured to their lower ends the shovels Z.

rl `l1eslots\/",in the body partV, furnish means for attaching the shovel-standards to the standards ot'an ordinary culti vator by means ofbolts or clips.

Sz represents a pair of seat bars having a seat-board, S, arranged across their rear ends for supporting a seat, S, said bars being detachably connected to the cultivator-frame by means ol` the hook-plates n, which are secured to the inner ends oi' said seat-bars and hook under the braces I, and by resting on the hooks a', which attach to the underside of axle A. (See Figs. l, 2, and 3.)

The slot T in the tongue furnishes means for adjusting the plates J and O and F, to which the beams attach, along on thetongue to counterbalance the variable weight of an operator on the seat.

Then it is desired to use the eultivator as a wnlking-cultivator, the seat-bars Sz and seat are removed. rlhe bolts c and c in slot T of the tongue are loosened, and the plates J, O, and F, with the beams attached, are moved back to the axle A, taking the weight off the horses necks. Handles l:[ are then attached to the beams, as shown in Fig. 4, by means of the brace H and loop t, and a pin passing through the loop and handle.

Vvlhen the cultivator is used as a ridingcultivator, the handles II are removed and placed in the loops t ofthe axle as a convenient place to carry them, and the beams are guided by means of the operator resting his feet on stirrups attached to the rear end of said beams, as shown at M, Fig. 7.

The rear ends of the beams B may be set and held at any required distance apart by means of tightening the bolts Q, in slots Q in plates F, so the shovels will not move to or from each other when in operation; and in such case the bolts ci, connecting the plates .I and O, are loosened, so plate O, with the beams attached, may partially rotate, so the shovels may have side movement. Yilhen the bolts Q are loosened and bolts a5 are tightened, the shovels may have independent side movenient.

The draft mechanism is shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and consists ot' an evener, E, pivoted to the top of the tongue T; of a pair of short secondary eveners, E', pivoted to the axleshanlrs A by means of clips a; of a pair of rods, R, connecting the evener E with the upper ends ofthe cvcners E by means of eyebolts; of a pair of draft-rods, D, connected to the lower ends of eveners E by means of eyebolts and having hooks h on their outer ends for the attachment ot' whitiietrees, anda pair of depending rods, L, suspended from the outer ends of evener E and having loops at their lower ends for receiving and supporting the draft-rods D. The evener is pivotally supported on the tongue T by means ofthe standard D', secured to said tongue by means of side bolts, y y, and centrally arched in its bottom part to permit the nuts or heads of bolts c, c', and cl to pass under it, as shown in Fig. 5.

The pitch and angle of a set of shovels may be simultaneously adjusted by means ol" the slots and bolts in the angular plat-e l), so the rear shovels may be set to run deeper than the front shovels, or vice versa, as may be desired.

The shovels are formed from a plate ot' thin steel having the engaging end Cut at an angle and sharpened to form a shear and a point at one side, and slightly curved to adapt it to properly work in the soil, as shown in Fig. 9, and by means of the construction and ar- IOO rangement of such a set of standards the shovthe combination of the slotted tongue T, plate J, plate O, angular plates F F, and beams B B, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In the cultivator shown and described, the angular plates F F, having the perforations d d5, and slots RQ, infcombination with the plate O, beams B B, and bolts c3 and c5, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In the cultivator shown and described, the plate J, having the slots a4 at, and having extending perforated side legs for securing it to the slotted tongue T, and a central perforation for the reception of bolt c2, for pivotaly connecting it With plate O, and piate O, having the pert'orations d3 da, slots d4 d4, and a central perforation for the reception of bolt c2, for pivotally connecting it with plate J, said plates being in combination With each other and with plates F F, beams B B, tongue T, and

the bolts for connecting said parts in the man! ner and for the purpose set forth.

5. In the cultivator shown and described, the angular plates P, perforated at their rear portions so they may be pivotally attached to the cultivatonbeams, and having the slots P',

f, Vand f, in combination with the shovel-standardsVV, and beams B B, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In the cultivator shown and described, and in combination with. the slotted tongue T, the plates J. O, and F, and beams B, bearing the shovels and standards,as specified,adapted to be moved horizontally on said tongue and held at any desired place within the limit of slot T by means of the bolts c and c', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In the cultivatorshown and described, the combination of the beams B, having the slot ci and bolt-holes c4, and angular plates F, having the perforation d2, slot R', and notch R2, and bolts c3 and c5, whereby the rear ends of said beams may have vertical adjustment and be held elevated for transportation by means of bolt c'i being hooked in said notch, substantially as specified.

HENRY SKELTON.

Witnesses:

W. O. C. TUTTLE, J AMES SKELTON. 

